Humans are built for joy and community. Somewhere along the line, neurotypical people decided autistic joy inspired by special interests was “perseveration” and required “extinction”. Neuroaffirming perspectives recognize the universality of passions, fascinations, and collections, even if their expansiveness and topic are beyond the neuromajority bell curve.Chelsea welcomes guest Margaret Fairbanks, co-founder of and Director of Education at Islands of Brilliance, to talk about leaning into special interests or “SpIns” for this episode.In her own voice, Margaret explains: “I am a parent of an autistic son, special educator and CLTS/IRIS service provider in this world called autism. Our son has taught me pretty much all I need to know about patience and empathy and that has driven all of my choices since his diagnosis. I love this community and do all I can to love and support them.”Check out Justus' digital art in the last three chapter markers!Podcast includes an introduction for episodes 6 and following at the beginning. Transition music, "Taking a Vocation", by Noey Budde. Closing narration for episodes 6 and following.

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